Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required. And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them. And Joseph turned himself about from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes. Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way and thus it was done unto them. And they laded their beasts with their grain, and departed thence.

GENESIS XLIII, XLV

Now the famine was sore in the land of Canaan. And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said unto them, Go down again, buy us a little food. And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down; for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. And their father said unto them, If it must be so now, let it be. Take your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release

unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And I, if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. And the men took their brother Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house, and make ready; for the men shall dine with me at noon. And the man did as Joseph bade; and brought the men to Joseph's house. And when Joseph came home, they bowed down themselves to him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance. And Joseph lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep. And when Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him, he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

THE BOOK OF EXODUS

EXODUS I, II, IV

Now the children of Israel increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, so that the land was filled with them. Wherefore the king of Egypt said, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we; come, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies and fight against us. Therefore did they set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. Wherefore Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.

Now there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman bare a son: and when she knew the commandment of the king, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to

bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it. And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the child wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, which is by interpretation, Drawn out; For, said she, I drew him out of the water.

And it came to pass, when Moses was grown up, that he fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and as Moses was sitting by a well, they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. And the shepherds came and drave them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is that ye are come so soon today? And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.

And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. And Moses dwelt in the land of Midian.

EXODUS III, IV

Now Moses was keeping the flock: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. And the Lord said, Behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the chil